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"General, the German bombardment is simply too fierce. Our frontline fortifications have been severely damaged. If this continues, it will not be long before the Germans flatten them with their overwhelming firepower. The commanders at the front hope to deploy the artillery in retaliation!" a staff officer reported to General Ian Hamilton.

"Idiots! Trying to trade artillery fire with the Germans now—isn't that courting death? Their naval guns are far more powerful than our artillery. And their aircraft are still bombing us. Ordering the artillery to fire now would be walking straight into death!" Ian Hamilton cursed.

The British Army also placed great importance on artillery development. Every full-strength Infantry Division was equipped with eighteen 114mm Howitzers and fifty-four 83.8mm field guns. Such firepower was already considered exceptionally formidable. Of course, compared with the German Army, which had reinforced its artillery, it was undoubtedly somewhat inferior. But on a global scale, it was still extremely powerful.

At the same time, British Army artillery was supported by the Navy's coastal defense artillery. There were quite a few naval coastal batteries along the front. Those coastal defense guns were all large-caliber main guns, ranging from 155mm coastal guns to 305mm coastal guns. Moreover, these coastal batteries had been poured from reinforced concrete and possessed formidable defenses.

Even so, General Ian Hamilton did not believe their artillery could contend with the powerful German Navy. The main guns of those Battleships deployed by the German Navy were no easy matter. More importantly, Ian Hamilton did not think it was a good idea to expend precious artillery in an Artillery Battle with the Germans. Their true purpose should be to strike the German landing forces—that was where they would be most effective.

Under General Ian Hamilton's orders, British Army artillery and coastal defense artillery remained